Valerio Velardo

Valerio Velardo is Co-founder and CEO of Melodrive, a startup that is developing an Artificial Intelligent music composer for interactive content. He has a PhD in Music and Artificial Intelligence, during which he developed a system that could simulate the behaviour of a societyof rock musicians. Valerio has a double background as a musician and physicist. Prior to getting into research, he worked as a pianist, conductor and composer. His main interest is developing AI systems that can augment people’s creative potential.